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Tarrant64

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Hey guys, me again!

I've been trying to work my way up with the AMD 64 3200+(754 socket Clawhammer). Tried overclocking a couple months ago and didn't get too far. Kept corrupting the hard drives(which I hear happens all the time if you just go too far hehe). I am wondering if I can push my OC any further with the memory that I have. Here is my rig:

AMD 64 3200+ Socket 754 (Clawhammer)
ASUS K8VSEDX Mobo Rev 2.00 Bios: 1003.002(Could be update, not sure. Had trouble in past updating)
Kingston Hyper X PC3200 512mb (want to get 1gb soon, couple weeks maybe?)
2x36gb WD Raptors 10,000rpm RAID 0
Maxtor 80gb 7,200rpm

ACCORDING TO CPU-Z:
I am currently at 221.9 Mhz HTT x 10.0 Multiplier @ 2219.3 MHz
Memory @ 221.9 Mhz (2.5-3-3-6-11-16)
If you don't know, the 11 and 16 is the Trc(bank cycle time) and DRAM idel time(idle timer).

Can I push it ne further? Anyone else have anything similar? Also, I am 80% sure that the memory is holding me back a little bit. From what i've read in the forums about memory it might be better if I switch to OCZ or something. Rated at PC3500 and up or something like that. Let me know if this sounds right. If so, I will be buying 1gb of OCZ PC3500 soon.

So...yeah. Hit me up with what you know and think. Thanks!!!

Tarrant
 
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Mullzy

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I don't know anything about AMD OC'ing really... but doesn't drive corruption have to do with system buses not locking properly? Make sure all BIOS settings regarding bus speeds are are locked at 33 for PCI and 66 for AGP.

Without setting these locks you won't OC anything very far.

Edit: I see now that you're using a RAID configuration. Perhaps your boards controller has trouble with OC speeds, therefore the drive corruption you experienced in the past.
 
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Tarrant64

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Well, hopefully someone can clarify this for me. But I had read awhile ago that some motherboards don't have an PCI/AGP lock. Does anyone know if the one I have does? ASUS K8VSEDX.
If not, then what is my limit???
 
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charloscarlies

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Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Well, hopefully someone can clarify this for me. But I had read awhile ago that some motherboards don't have an PCI/AGP lock. Does anyone know if the one I have does? ASUS K8VSEDX.
If not, then what is my limit???
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Your board does not have a PCI lock...which explains your hard drive corruption. I do remember reading that board uses PCI dividers, so once you get to a certain HTT speed it drops the PCI bus. You might look around and find some more info about this.

If this is the case, one option would be to drop the multiplier to 9x and up the HTT. I'm not sure if the K8V has the multis in the bios or not, and if it doesn't you're kind of screwed. My experience with 3200+ Clawhammers has not been very good, and 2.2-2.3 ghz seems to be about the max unless you just got lucky and got a really good chip.
 
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You should take of the heatspreaders on your ram modules, there´s a possiblility ther are running Winbond BH5. This means they´ll blow any "high" rated DDR´s ass. Theres no roof for BH5 just lack of voltage.

A way of seing if they are BH5 without taking the heatspreaders is trying to boot them at CL3, it´s well known they don´t boot a CL3.

Greetings
 
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Tarrant64

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Originally posted by: juanflaiter
You should take of the heatspreaders on your ram modules, there´s a possiblility ther are running Winbond BH5. This means they´ll blow any "high" rated DDR´s ass. Theres no roof for BH5 just lack of voltage.

A way of seing if they are BH5 without taking the heatspreaders is trying to boot them at CL3, it´s well known they don´t boot a CL3.

Greetings
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Sorry, didn't completely understand that last post. If their BH5, that good? or bad?
Also, been reading A LOT in past hour on memory and crap, and thinking about moving to new brand. OCZ? 3500? Sound good?
 
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imported_juanflaiter

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BH5 is probably the best ram ever made along with Samsung TCCD. As I told you, try them to boot at CL3 if they don´t boot, they are BH5. This mems rate at 250 2-2-2-5 at 3.3volts, and even 280 2-2-2-5 at 3.6volts. Don´t worry about over volting them, this are made to last.

Greetings.
 
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Lithan

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Flash to the latest bios then try using a memory divider and booting at 233x10.
 
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imported_juanflaiter

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Originally posted by: PumpActionWalrus
Low latency memory wont boot at high latency running default speeds...
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Yes but those KHX have either BH5 or CH5. CH5 do boot at CL3, so if they boot they are CH5, if not they are BH5.

Anyway both chips are great. They love voltage
 
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Lithan

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I hity 266x10 with that exact setup (Only my cpu was a newcastle). Wasn't quite prime stable though. Had to go to 9x266 or 11x233. (Chip maxxed out around 2625). I've sold both the board and cpu by now though.
 
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Lithan

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Ratio was 5:4 2.5-3-3-7. I wasn't actually using the system, I was just testing it to see what it could do.
 
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Tarrant64

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Having trouble finding out how to change the multiplier in my bios. i know it's set to 10 cause that's what CPU-Z is. Where exactly in the bios can i change the multiplier?

Thanks!
Tarrant
 
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